LFSR in c programming

Question

hi there, i need a help about this excersise:

A grammatically fluctuating feedback with feedback (Shift Register, LFSR).
The program is required or appears as parameters:
3.1 the number of LFSR digits
3.2 initial value of LFSR in binary system
3.3 The number of cycles he will look for. If the number given by the user is 0, it will run for 2^n
circles
The program, accordingly with the result of LFSR should choose a primitive polynomial for LFSR  from the according table:
Bits (n) | Feedback polynomial| Period
2         x2+x+1                 3
3         x3+x2+1                7
4         X4+x3+1                15
5         X5+x3+1                31
6         X6+x5+1                63
7         X7+x6+1                127
8         X8+x6+x5+x4+1          255
9         X9+x5+1                511
10        X10+x7+1               1,023
11        X11+x9+1               2,047
12        X12+x11+x10+x4+1       4,095

the only thing that i want is just to help me on how to start with this (or to understand more about this excersise) so i could continue and solve the problem by myself.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I think the problem description is done by Google Translate (or a similar tool) as it barely makes any sense.

You can read about the Linear Feedback Shift Register here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear-feedback_shift_register

"x2+x+1" doesn't make much sense to me. What does X represent? What is X2 (two times X -- usually noted as 2 * X --, or maybe X to the power of 2 -- a.k.a. X square, usually noted as X ^ 2)? 

I think a clear description would be nice to understand the problem.

Comments

The translation its not from google translate (or somthing simillar) and you better souldn't judge someone that you don't know.

As for the problem i solved it,
thank's for your reply.